A little word of warning about Pig oil and Sulphur

[floradora09]

Hello everyone!

After trawling internet looking for new ways to combat and prevent my lad getting mudfever, I thought I'd give pig oil and sulphur a try as a preventative. Put it on sunday night and monday night.. all looked fine, and then by tonight in the places where I'd put it, the skin was quite sore, peeling and looking generally irritated.. and there were a couple of sore scabby bits.

His routine hasn't changed at all in the last 2 weeks or so, and it just seems suspicious that it's only since I've used this that it's come up. Have now caked it in sudocrem and hopefully it'll cheer up a bit.

On with the search I go!

 

[flying solo]

Did you do a patch test?

 

[ellie_e]

Try pig oil on its own without the sulphur.

 

[DougalJ]

Well this is the one "cure" that I haven't tried as was going to give a go this winter?? I've always done the brush off mud and then use and either sudocreme and then Vaseline/baby oil to keep it as a barrier. I've read good results for Keratex, use their antiseptic wash, dry then just powder the legs with no barrier cream. By the time February come round I'm so desperate to find a solution I would wipe goose fat up his legs!

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

Try pig oil on its own without the sulphur.

Agree with the above!!! It stripped the hair off a few people in know's horses but was perfectly fine with others.

im using it without sulphur this year

 

[Spyda]

Agree with the above!!! It stripped the hair off a few people in know's horses but was perfectly fine with others.

im using it without sulphur this year

Ditto above. I use plain Pig Oil liberally on my very sensitive mare's legs all winter, and have for a few years now. No problems with it at all, but then again I haven't mixed it with the sulphur powder so can't comment on how that would affect sensitivity. Always worth doing a patch test though.

 

[floradora09]

Thanks for the advice re just using the pig oil on its own, will clear this up and then buy a pot of that. It's just typical, for once I was being organised and ahead of myself.. and it doesn't pay off! Well on the plus side our field aren't very muddy at the moment so it should clear up in a few days without the bacteria getting in. I put a small amount on sunday and it seemed fine on monday, so I put some more on.. oh well.

 

[Spyda]

TBH you can never second guess what strange things you'll suddenly discover your horse will be allergic to. Mine's presently got a partially bald face and mild skin infection from the fly repellent gel I used around her eyes this summer. I mean, it's meant to be gentle and hypoallergenic because it's for use around the eye area